Knowledge and Practice of Rural and Urban Mothers regarding Prevention of Common Accidents Among Children Under Five Years of Age: A Comparative Study

Abstract

In this study, a descriptive research approach was used to assess the knowledge and practices of urban and rural mothers regarding prevention of common accidents among children under five years of age. Multi-stage random sampling technique with a structured interview schedule was used to collect data from the samples. Result of the 200 samples revealed that the highest knowledge score of 14.51 was found in urban mothers with SD of 2.018 as against a score of 14.47 in rural mothers with SD of 2.213. The highest practice score of 14.24 found in urban mothers with SD of 1.980 and 14.23 in rural mothers with SD of 1.890. In chi-square test, no significance associations were found between knowledge of mothers with socio-demographic variables, but significant association was found between practices of both rural and urban mothers with education, family monthly income and number of children in the family at 0.05 levels.